Top 5: Walmart (1st) of US, Sinopec Group (2nd) of China, Royal Dutch Shell (3rd) of Netherlands, China National Petroleum (4th) and Exxon Mobil (5th) of US.

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2. United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) has named Conakry, the Capital city of the Republic of Guinea as the World Book Capital for year 2017.

With this selection Conakry become the 17th city in the World to be designated as World Book Capital.

3. India has been placed at 12th position among the 31 countries in the world in terms of power (electricity) generation from nuclear source.

4. Puducherry city has emerged as the first nomination to be received by the Urban Development Ministry for a Smart City Mission.

5. Union Government has announced that 14 States and Union Territories (UTs) have achieved or exceeded the literacy rate of 80 percent.

6. Noted Canadian author Naomi Klein has won the 36th edition of American Book Award 2015. She has won this award for her environmental work This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate published in 2014.

7. The Forbes Asia’s Fabulous 50 list of the year 2015 was released on 22nd July 2015. The Fab 50 list is an annual honor roll highlighting some of the brightest stars in the Asia Pacific.

9. Indian-American boy Amitoj Chhabra won the Junior Title at the US Powerlifting Association National Championships 2015 that was held at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas.

Economics:

1. India has earned about US 100 million dollars by launching 45 commercial foreign satellites from 19 countries. The revenue was earned by Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).